The Milwaukee Bucks have a playoff problem | The Athletic NBA Show

The Milwaukee Bucks have a playoff problem | The Athletic NBA Show

Jaylen Brunson was pretty insane in this game uh he had 38 points on Christmas Day I mean right like this is like the the brightest of Bright Lights 38 points just carved up the the Bucks perimeter defense and and mo we’ve been harping on

This for a while and one of the things I want to make sure we don’t do is come across like the sky is falling the Bucks are really good really really good I mean this loss aside I mean they’ve really wred the ship from the the shaky

Start that they had and I wouldn’t even say they were shaky because they were still winning games Chris Middleton has looked good for a while now but they still have this issue perimeter defense and transition defense it’s still a problem for them yeah it’s a massive

Concern for them I think in the first half of this game the Knicks had 15 fast break points you know and I think it wasn’t just Brunson I mean RJ Barrett was killing them I think their inability to contain drives is a problem and I think

The during the regular or the start of training camp and everything everybody’s like don’t worry about their defense they have the hnis and Lopez it’ll be fine but those guys can’t handle just constant barrage of drive after drive after drive and I think that leads to the issues there for them defensively it

Is a playoff problem more than a regular season problem because as you said they’re winning games like they’re they’re right there in the west I mean excuse me in the east in record wise and things like that but that an issue that will need to be addressed at some point

Because playoffs you’re not playing the Charlottes you’re not playing the Atlanta well they might end up playing Atlanta playoff shake out but you’re not you’re not playing you know some of these teams where you can get away with that you know you’re going to try to go

To the finals you’re gonna end up having to have to guard Tyrese Maxi you’re gonna have to figure out how to guard Jaylen Brunson which they showed last night they couldn’t and you’re gonna have to figure out how to guard Boston’s guys and I think there’s a lot of issues

With that and a lot of concern with that stuff it’s sometimes the record can be a little bit of a Fool’s Gold sort of scenario thinking everything’s fine look at the record they’re winning games they’re killing everybody and their offense is exceptional but it’s it’s the other end

Of the Court you got to be a bit concerned about yeah and and again it’s not it’s just it’s transition and perimeter which I know is like all right these are two of the most important aspects of Defense but I think that there’s a chance they’ve got Personnel

Like already on the roster that can solve this problem and you know Malik Beasley I as the season goes on his shooting has been great for them but they may not need that they may need to just upgrade that position and add another good Defender but I don’t I

Don’t agree with you on the they have it on the roster I mean Pat conathan really kind of moving you there on ability to defend guys I mean Beasley’s been okay but he couldn’t guard Brunson he got torched I mean then then you have I mean

Now you have other you know I know Crowder is out but like let’s just be honest when was the last time Crowder was guarding quick guards like that’s really something you got to be concerned about and those are issues there for them and I think you know I

Don’t know if the the answer is on the roster already I mean Andrew Andre Jackson is getting playing time and and you know you got to hope maybe that’s there but it’s also a rookie like there’s a lot of stuff I’d be concerned about

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